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	<title><![CDATA[Cleaning out my social circle]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Cleaning-out-my-social-circle</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[In an ideal world, friendships last forever.  But we don't live in an ideal world. And as we grow older, experience more facets of life in our immediate environment and beyond, and thus form new and perhaps different views of life, we sometimes outgrow our friends.  Not all friends; some friends.  I'm writing this because I've started to grow quite sick of some friends who …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 22:19:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gone shopping!]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The Great Singapore Sale has started.  Hurrah!  And since large crowds always draw out the Hulk in me, I very smartly woke up early this morning and hit town by 10.30am.  It was such a bliss to have the whole mall to myself and a few other equally smart women. :)   When I was much younger, I would exhaust my funds before I was tired of combing the shops. Now, at 32 years old, …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 19:46:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The fifth year]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/The-fifth-year-2</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[There is this common joke about marriage: Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.  I'm glad to say that this joke has remained just a joke in my world.  Joshua and I became husband and wife in the eyes of law five years ago today. We have had some shitty times - which couple hasn't? - but we are ever more in love with each other.  It is …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:57:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The fifth year]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[There is this common joke about marriage: Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.  I'm glad to say that this joke has remained just a joke in my world.  Joshua and I became husband and wife in the eyes of law five years ago today. We have had some shitty times - which couple hasn't? - but we are ever more in love with each other.  It is …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:57:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Walk in the park]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Whenever I am due to pay my income taxes, I will think about all the lovely public spaces my government had put in place for its people, and I will feel less disgruntled about having to part with my money.  This afternoon's stroll down Woodlands Waterfront gave me some fresh air and relief from my annoying dry cough. It helped that the sky today was a little overcast, so it …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:44:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Sick...again!!]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Sick-again--5</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It seems that lately I've been falling sick the moment I'm due for a business trip. This is so frustrating!  Today I departed for Phuket with a sore throat and body aches. A fever set in the moment I exited the airport and into the island's sweltering heat.  By evening I was half dead, but had to press on because I was on a sponsored trip to cover Phuket's biggest corporate …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:56:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Human rights is bullshit in the war against drugs]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Human-rights-is-bullshit-in-the-war-against-drugs</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Once again, some foreign organisation has decided to stick its nose into Singapore's affairs and critique our "draconian" laws and capital punishment for drug trafficking.  The death sentence for all convicted drug traffickers was set in place for a reason. We cannot afford to let drug problems cripple families and the nation's well-being, especially when Singapore has no …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:18:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Inflation? So?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Inflation-So-</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Singapore's deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday made a speech about the country's sharp inflation - the Consumer Price Index registered a 5.2 per cent year-to-date growth in March - and pointed out that the average Singaporean would not feel the pinch of rising prices.  His exact words were: "The vast majority of Singaporeans, who already own their homes …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 01:57:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Paying back]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Paying-back</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[You win some, you lose some.  I've always believed in that, which was why I refused to head out and buy a lottery ticket on Thursday when I was super lucky. Something's got to give, and I may have to balance out my stroke of great luck with something bad.  Perhaps it was a coincidence that I had a migraine and upset tummy that Thursday night. Perhaps it was a coincidence that …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:05:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lucky star]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Lucky-star-2</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Lady Luck must have been shining on me today because I won a lucky draw prize at TWO separate trade events.  I first bagged a two-night stay for two at a five-star international branded hotel in Macau, which comes with breakfast at one of its fine dining restaurant. I did a quick check of its room rate online and discovered the accommodation alone costs in excess of S$1,000.  …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:07:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Killer durians]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Killer-durians</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[This durian craving I have is killing me on the weighing scales. You know how dangerous durians are for women hoping to maintain a consistent dress size when doctors prescribe them to mothers whose unborn babies are underweight. Friends have told me two seeds three times a week were enough to fatten an unborn child. And I've been stuffing my face with six to eight seeds …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:52:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Not close to godliness]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Not-close-to-godliness</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[One evening during the recent business trip to Shanghai, my new sub-editor burst out of the public washroom with a grimace on her face.  "Oh my goodness!" she howled. "The women here don't wash their hands after they use the toilet! They come out of the cubicle, touch their hair and their faces in front of the mirror, then exit the washroom!"   Having been to Shanghai and …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:16:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A little French affair in Chinatown]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I have discovered another reason to love Chinatown's Keong Siak Road. And that reason comes in the form of Taratata, a little French restaurant located a little farther down from Ember and the short-lived boutique hotel The Saff.   While I adore foie gras, escargots and creme brulee, I'm not a huge expert in French cuisine. Most times, I cannot even pronounce the names of the …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:29:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Seeds of gold]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Seeds-of-gold</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[One of the many things I did not inherit from my mummy dearest is her flair for bargaining.  You would think that the ability to bargain is an innate characteristic in women. Just look around when you are at the marketplace. Mummy is so good at haggling to her benefit that a fruit seller in the market she used to frequent begged her not to buy from him anymore because he …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:51:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A perfect holiday]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/A-perfect-holiday</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[How do you define a perfect holiday? Must it involve a stay at an elite hotel, dining at only the finest restaurants, transfers via stretch limousines, and destination experiences at top-end attractions?  Maybe. But for me, I think I've discovered that definition in Malacca.  Forming part of that definition is where Joshua and I stayed. We stayed in a beautiful …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The society's shame]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/The-society-s-shame</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Nanyang Polytechnic student Lai Shimun's racist tweet, which had created a furore after an angry netizen reported her to her school and the police, is a stark reminder than racism exists in multi-racial Singapore.  Lai's thoughtless tweet said a particular race of people in the country "need their own form of transport. Or trains need to have separate cabins for humans and …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Not quite a bun in the oven]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Not-quite-a-bun-in-the-oven</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Congratulate me - I'm going to be a mother soon.   That is, if you believe me after taking into consideration today's date. :)  Well, more than 20 friends and relatives did. After posting this ultrasound scan of an unknown foetus on our Facebook wall, a flurry of comments came, as did several text messages and phone calls.  I cannot believe they fell for it! Did they not know …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hello Ms Karen]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Hello-Ms-Karen</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The recognition can inflate the ego, but it is also quite unnerving whenever a hotel staff greets me by name. Makes me wonder if my mugshot had been circulated to all staff prior to my arrival.  I had better behave myself.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:03:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[How to kill someone and get away (almost) scot-free]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/How-to-kill-someone-and-get-away-almost-scot-free</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[People, do you have someone in your life now whom you hate immensely and would snuff his/her life out right away if you had the chance, but fear being slapped with life imprisonment or a death sentence when caught?  Well, you are in luck because I have just the solution for you!  If you are residing in Singapore now, give a loud cheer because that puts you a step closer to …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:37:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Supermarket spree]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Supermarket-spree</link>
	<dc:creator>karrotjuice</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[There's this thing I like to do on the day my month's salary is in: I grab the husband and we hit the supermarket together, sweeping tons of goodies into the shopping cart.  As if money was no matter and our lives would end tomorrow, we go crazy and pick out an assortment of sweets, chips, cookies, chocolates, ice-creams, juices, beers, sake and wine that we love and those …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:32:00 +0800</pubDate>
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